an·ti·pode (nt-pd)
n.
A direct or diametrical opposite: "We just sit and listen to the fullness of the quiet, as an antipode to focused busyness" Kathryn A. Knox.
[Back-formation from antipodes.]
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ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words AntonymsNoun 1. antipode - direct opposite; "quiet: an antipode to focused busyness"
oppositeness, opposition - the relation between opposed entities
Stan was the quiet stern type of man; his wife the happy, talkative antipode.
mark always-the-antipode Bailey
antipode
Perry, I can think of several contrarians, but I think antipodes are just different from the other, I saw it recently in a book the husband was discribed as stern and taciturn, his wife the antipode was cheerful and chatty.
Then again you may call him anything you wish.
mark not-really-the-strong-silent-type Bailey
Then again you may call him anything you wish.
mark not-really-the-strong-silent-type Bailey
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So then perhaps this contrarian's antipod would be a accomadarian?
Alright, alright. It's just me being silly.
Alright, alright. It's just me being silly.
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I thought Swift used this word to describe a race of beings, but it's older than that.
From the Online Etymology Dictionary:
From the Online Etymology Dictionary:
antipodes
1398, from L. antipodes "those who dwell on the opposite side of the earth," from Gk. antipodes, pl. of antipous "with feet opposite ours," from anti- "opposite" + pous "foot" (see foot), thus people who live on the opposite side of the world. Not to be confused with antiscii "those who live on the same meridian on opposite side of the equator," whose shadows fall at noon in the opposite direction, from Gk. anti- + skia "shadow."
"Yonde in Ethiopia ben the Antipodes, men that haue theyr fete ayenst our fete." ["De Proprietatibus Rerum Bartholomeus Anglicus," translated by John of Trevisa, 1398]
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This map shows the position of the Antipodes Islands. The Antipodes are "directly antipodal to a point in the sea a few kilometres to the east of Cherbourg on the north coast of France" (from Wikipedia). However, they are the closest antipodal thing to Britain.
Written by uncronopio in Christchurch, just at the top of the map.
Written by uncronopio in Christchurch, just at the top of the map.
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Yes, I thought he was our Devilish friend.
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Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
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"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
Gzr, refer to Tagline Graveyard.Yes, I thought he was our Devilish friend.
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What a comfort to us all that neither "new compass" nor "new identity" were added to the list.nice you are back, I hope it was upward mobility that took you onward..
Nice to see you, uncronopio.
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